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    • Food Security & Food Systems
    • Rural Poverty
    • Community Vitality
    • Rural Wealth Creation
      • Rural Wealth Creation Research
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People

Photo Name & Position Interests Contact Information
Adams, Vincent
Extension Community Educator
Office: 541-737-2105
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Bliss, John
Assoc Dean-Grd and Inter Prg
NOTE: Due to my administrative appointment I am not currently pursuing new research opportunities or recruiting new graduate students.

Private forest policy, forest-based rural development...

Office: 541-737-4427
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Bowman, Sally
Leader-Ext FCH and 4-H

My research and Extension program is focused on gerontology (family caregiving), families in poverty, and rural community development. My work includes the development and evaluation of innovative...

Office: 541-737-1022
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Chen, Yong
Associate Professor

Fields: Regional Development, Resource and Environmental Economics, Land Use

Office: 541-737-3176
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Edwards, Mark
Professor
Office: 541-737-5379
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Gosnell, Hannah
Associate Professor

Drivers and consequences of rural land use change; water resource policy, management and law; climate change adaptation; environmental governance; social-ecological resiliency; adaptive management...

Office: 541-737-1222
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Gross, Joan
Professor

Joan Gross' research interests range from language to food. While it could be said that the two are linked through the mouth (language coming out and food going in) it is more a concern with local...

Office: 541-737-3852
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Grotta, Amy
Associate Professor
Office: 503-397-3462 x 2
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Hammer, Roger
Associate Professor
  • Ecological Demography
  • Rural Sociology 
  • Migration 
  • Housing
Office: 541-737-2641
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MacTavish, Katherine
Associate Professor
Office: 541-737-9130
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Rahe, Mallory
Extension Community Economist and Instructor

Fields: Rural Economic and Community Development, Data use, Local Foods, Economic Resiliency

Office: 541-737-1335
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Rosenberger, Nancy
Professor

I have four ongoing projects that reflect my research interests. They center on food insecurity, agriculture, gender, and small-scale business in Oregon, Japan, and Tajikistan. I welcome graduate...

Office: 541-737-3857
Sandler, Richard
Research Program Administrator, Website Development, Social Media, External Communications
Office: 541-737-1442
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Steel, Brent
Professor
Office: 541-737-6133
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Weber, Bruce
Emeritus Professor and Director Rural Studies Program

Fields: Poverty and inequality, rural development, upward mobility, food insecurity

 

 

Office: 541-737-1432
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